It Is What It Is
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It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It Is What It Is canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2003502 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Is What It Is Context triple: [Jeremy Deller, notableWork, It Is What It Is]
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A.
How It Is
How It Is is a late experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness through disjointed, minimalist prose and a mud-bound narrator’s monologue.
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B.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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C.
If It's Over
"If It's Over" is a soulful ballad by Mariah Carey, co-written with Carole King, known for its powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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D.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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E.
I Am What I Am
"I Am What I Am" is a self-expressive, individuality-focused advertising slogan used by the athletic footwear and apparel company Reebok.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Is What It Is Target entity description: It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
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A.
How It Is
How It Is is a late experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness through disjointed, minimalist prose and a mud-bound narrator’s monologue.
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B.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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C.
If It's Over
"If It's Over" is a soulful ballad by Mariah Carey, co-written with Carole King, known for its powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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D.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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E.
I Am What I Am
"I Am What I Am" is a self-expressive, individuality-focused advertising slogan used by the athletic footwear and apparel company Reebok.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
conceptual art project ⓘ |
| about |
Iraq
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
surface form:
United States invasion of Iraq
contemporary conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Jeremy Deller ⓘ |
| depicts | car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Hammer Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
New Museum, New York ⓘ various public venues across the United States ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
ⓘ
political art ⓘ socially engaged art ⓘ |
| hasPart | car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
United States military veterans
ⓘ
surface form:
American veterans
Iraqi witnesses ⓘ Jeremy Deller ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
examination of the Iraq War
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raising awareness of the human impact of war ⓘ stimulating public debate about the Iraq War ⓘ |
| hasTitle | It Is What It Is self-link ⓘ |
| inception | 2009 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Baghdad ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Iraq War ⓘ |
| medium |
installation
ⓘ
public conversations ⓘ sculptural object ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
ⓘ
relational aesthetics ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Jeremy Deller ⓘ |
| presentedIn |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
civilians in war
ⓘ
media representation of conflict ⓘ memory ⓘ politics ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
public dialogue
ⓘ
public discussion ⓘ traveling exhibition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: It Is What It Is Description of subject: It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.